A Young Doctor's Notebook
- TV comedy drama
- Sky Arts
- 2012 - 2013
- 8 episodes (2 series)
Black comic drama series about a doctor at different ages, starring Daniel Radcliffe and Jon Hamm, based on the work of Mikhail Bulgakov. Also features Rosie Cavaliero, Adam Godley and Vicki Pepperdine.
Episode menu
- Series 2, Episode 1
It is 1918 and as the Civil War rages through Russia, quiet Mureyvo's Young Doctor is more concerned with hiding his growing morphine addiction from an inspection.
Further details
A letter arrives informing the hospital that the Zemstvo is coming for an inspection, sending the Young Doctor and Pelageya into a panic as they might discover the shortfall in morphine. The shortfall is a quart, or "basically a pond", as Pelageya puts it.
Under the watchful eyes of the Old Doctor, they cover their tracks by filling some morphine bottles with water. A short while later their tranquility is shattered by the arrival of a group of injured Bolshevik soldiers and the Young Doctor must get to work.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 21st November 2013
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- Sky Arts
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Daniel Radcliffe | Young Doctor |
| Jon Hamm | Older Doctor |
| Rosie Cavaliero | Pelageya |
| Adam Godley | The Feldsher |
| Vicki Pepperdine | Anna |
| Andy Apollo | Soldier in Question |
| Daniel Cerqueira | Vlas |
| Daniel Fearn | Standing Patient |
| Adam Harley | Handsome Soldier |
| Jake Mann | Officer of Rank |
| Gareth Mason | Orderly |
| Geoffrey McGivern (as Geoff McGivern) | Pharmacist |
| Adam McSorley | Zemstov Inspector |
| Mark Chappell | Writer |
| Shaun Pye | Writer |
| Alan Connor | Writer |
| Robert McKillop | Director |
| Clelia Mountford | Producer |
| Kenton Allen | Executive Producer |
| Jon Hamm | Executive Producer |
| Lucy Lumsden | Executive Producer |
| Matthew Justice | Executive Producer |
| Dan Cheesbrough | Executive Producer |
| Jon Mountague | Executive Producer |
| Mark Henson | Editor |
| Dennis De Groot | Production Designer |
| Stephen Warbeck | Composer |